Upcoming Free Events in Senate District 26:
September 2010
Courtesy of State Senator Liz Krueger
Please note: This schedule is subject to change – it is recommended that you call ahead to confirm these events.
Wednesday 9/1/10
12:00 PM Walking Tour: The Castle and its Kingdom Tour Central Park, Belvedere Castle, mid-Park at 79th Street, 212-772-0210
12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Frank Owens Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
2:00 PM Walking Tour: Waterways and Vistas Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-Park at 65th Street 212-794-4064
6:00 PM Music: John Farnsworth Quintet Bryant Park, Fountain Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
Thursday 9/2/10
7:30 AM Exercise: Tai Chi Bryant Park, Fountain Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
11:30 AM Nature: Meet the Birds Bryant Park, Le Carrousel, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Frank Owens Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
6:00 PM Exercise: Bryant Park Yoga Bryant Park, Southwest Corner of the Lawn, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833 Books & Poetry: Francis Morrone: “10 Architectural Walks in Manhattan”
Friday 9/3/10
12:30 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242 Music: Piano in the Park: Frank Owens
Saturday 9/4/10
10:00 AM Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour Central Park, Inside the Park at Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street, in front of the statue of Samuel F. B. Morse, 212-772-0210
12:00 PM Walking Tour: Views from the Past Tour Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-Park at 65th Street, 212-794-4064
2:00 PM Walking Tour: The Castle and its Kingdom Tour Central Park, Belvedere Castle, mid-Park at 79th Street, 212-772-0210
Sunday 9/5/10
12:00 PM Walking Tour: Views from the Past Tour Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-Park at 65th Street, 212-794-4064
2:00 PM Walking Tour: The Castle and its Kingdom Tour Central Park, Belvedere Castle, mid-Park at 79th Street, 212-772-0210
Monday 9/6/10
12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Ayako Shirasaki Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
Tuesday 9/7/10
7:30 AM Exercise: Tai Chi Bryant Park, Fountain Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
10:00 AM Exercise: Yoga Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 212-768-4242
11:30 AM Nature: Meet the Birds Bryant Park, Le Carrousel, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
12:00 PM Walking Tour: Manhattan Adirondacks Tour Central Park The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, inside the Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues 212-860-1370
12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Ayako Shirasaki Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
12:30 PM Books & Poetry: Jorge and Laura Posada: “The Beauty of Love” Barnes & Noble 555 Fifth Ave 212 697 3048
Tuesday 9/7/10 Cont’d
2:00 PM Walking Tour: Waterways and Vistas Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-Park at 65th Street 212-794-4064
6:30 PM Books & Poetry: Eric Ferrara: “The Lower East Side: Beyond the Melting Pot” Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833
7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Terry McMilan: “Getting to Happy” Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th Street, 212-253-0810
Wednesday 9/8/10
12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Ayako Shirasaki Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
2:00 PM Walking Tour: Views from the Past Tour Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-Park at 65th Street, 212-794-4064
7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Jonathan Franzen: “Freedom” Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th Street, 212-253-0810
Thursday 9/9/10
7:30 AM Exercise: Tai Chi Bryant Park, Fountain Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
12:00 PM Walking Tour: “Amble Through the Ramble” Central Park: Belvedere Castle Mid-Park at 79th Street, 212-772-0210
12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Ayako Shirasak Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
6:00 PM Exercise: Bryant Park Yoga Bryant Park, Southwest Corner of the Lawn, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
Friday 9/10/10
12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Ayako Shirasaki Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
6:30 PM Books & Poetry: Samira Aghacy “Masculine Identity” CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave, Room 9206, 212-817, 7570
7:00 PM Barnes & Noble 150 East 86th Street, 212-369-2180 Books & Poetry: Paul Harding: “Tinkers Saturday 9/11/10
10:00 AM Walking Tour: West Side Stories Tour Central Park, Inside the Park on the north side of West 81st Street at Central Park West 212-772-0210
12:00 PM Walking Tour: Seneca Village Tour Central Park, Inside the Park at the southeast corner of 85th Street and Central Park West. 212-772-0210
2:00 PM Walking Tour: The Castle and its Kingdom Tour Central Park, Belvedere Castle, mid-Park at 79th Street, 212-772-0210
Sunday 9/12/10
12:00 PM Walking Tour: “Amble Through the Ramble” Central Park: Belvedere Castle Mid-Park at 79th Street, 212-772-0210
2:00 PM Walking Tour: A Road Once Traveled Tour Central Park, The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, inside the Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues 212-860-1370
2:00 PM Movies: “Good Food” Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833
Monday 9/13/10
12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Larry Ham Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
6:30 PM Books & Poetry: Vincent Cannato: “American Passage: The History of Ellis Island” // Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833
Tuesday 9/14/10
7:30 AM Exercise: Tai Chi Bryant Park, Fountain Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
10:00 AM Exercise: Yoga Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 212-768-4242
11:30 AM Nature: Meet the Birds Bryant Park, Le Carrousel, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Larry Ham Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242 Tuesday 9/14/10 Cont’d
2:00 PM Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour Central Park, Inside the Park at Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street, in front of the statue of Samuel F. B. Morse, 212-772-0210
6:30 PM Books & Poetry: Robert Brandes Gratz: “Battle for Gotham: NY in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs” Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833
7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Per Petterson: “I Curse the River of Time” Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th Street, 212-253-0810
7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Alexandra Lebenthal: “The Recessionistas” Barnes & Noble 150 East 86th Street, 212-369-2180
Wednesday 9/15/10
12:00 PM Walking Tour: West Side Stories Tour Central Park, Inside the Park on the north side of West 81st Street at Central Park West 212-772-0210
12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Larry Ham Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
2:00 PM Walking Tour: Waterways and Vistas Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-Park at 65th Street 212-794-4064
7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Daphne Kalotay: “Russian Winter” Barnes & Noble 150 East 86th Street, 212-369-2180
Thursday 9/16/10
7:30 AM Exercise: Tai Chi Bryant Park, Fountain Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
12:00 PM Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour Central Park, Inside the Park at Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street, in front of the statue of Samuel F. B. Morse, 212-772-0210
12:00 PM Lecture: Political Economy, Gender, and Hindutva in India CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave, Room 6112, 212- 817-8905
12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Larry Ham Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
Thursday 9/16/10 Cont’d
6:00 PM Exercise: Bryant Park Yoga Bryant Park, Southwest Corner of the Lawn, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
6:30 PM Books & Poetry: Jeff Byles: “Rubble: Unearthing the History of Demolition Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833
7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Erin McHugh: “Coffee, Tea, or Kool-Aid: Which Party Politics are You Swallowing” // Barnes & Noble 150 East 86th Street, 212-369-2180
Friday 9/17/10
12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Larry Ham Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
Saturday 9/18/10
10:00 AM Walking Tour: West Side Stories Tour Central Park, Inside the Park on the north side of West 81st Street at Central Park West 212-772-0210
12:00 PM Walking Tour: Manhattan Adirondacks Tour Central Park The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, inside the Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues 212-860-1370
2:00 PM Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour Central Park, Inside the Park at Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street, in front of the statue of Samuel F. B. Morse, 212-772-0210
Sunday 9/19/10
12:00 PM Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour Central Park, Inside the Park at Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street, in front of the statue of Samuel F. B. Morse, 212-772-0210
2:00 PM Walking Tour: “Amble Through the Ramble” Central Park: Belvedere Castle Mid-Park at 79th Street, 212-772-0210
2:00 PM Movies: “Addicted to Plastic” Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833
Monday 9/20/10
12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Dan Manjovi Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242 Monday 9/20/10 Cont’d
12:30 PM Books & Poetry: Nicholas Sparks: “Safe Haven” Barnes & Noble 555 Fifth Ave 212 697 3048
7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Nick Zinner: “Please Take Me Off the Guest List” Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th Street, 212-253-0810
7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Aryn Kyle: “The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway” Barnes & Noble 150 East 86th Street, 212-369-2180
Tuesday 9/21/10
7:30 AM Exercise: Tai Chi Bryant Park, Fountain Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
10:00 AM Exercise: Yoga Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 212-768-4242
11:30 AM Nature: Meet the Birds Bryant Park, Le Carrousel, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
12:00 PM Walking Tour: West Side Stories Tour Central Park, Inside the Park on the north side of West 81st Street at Central Park West 212-772-0210
12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Dan Manjovi Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
1:00PM Music: Dixieland Jazz by the Gotham Jazzman NYPL for the Performing Arts 40 Lincoln Center Plaza :Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium ( 212) 642-0142
6:00PM ******* State Senator Liz Krueger Presents: What is an Educated Citizen? Community Forum on Education************ Lighthouse International, 111 East 59th Street, 212 490 9535
6:30 PM Panel: “New York Noir: Life in the Big Apple Can Be Murder” Mystery Writer panel // Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833
7:00 PM Books & Poetry: David Rakoff & Randy Cohen: “Half Empty” Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th Street, 212-253-0810
7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Robert B. Reich: “Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future” // Barnes & Noble 150 East 86th Street, 212-369-2180
Wednesday 9/22/10
12:00 PM Walking Tour: Manhattan Adirondacks Tour Central Park The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, inside the Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues 212-860-1370 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Dan Manjovi Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
1:00 PM Lecture: “Know Your Rights: Welfare” Hunter College, 695 Park Ave, Room 1413, 212-650-3592
2:00 PM Walking Tour: The Castle and its Kingdom Tour Central Park, Belvedere Castle, mid-Park at 79th Street, 212-772-0210
6:30 PM Books & Poetry: Kate Ascher: “The Works: Anatomy of a City” Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833
7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Sara Gruen: “Ape House” Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th Street, 212-253-0810
7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Matt Burgess: “Dogfight: A Love Story” Barnes & Noble 150 East 86th Street, 212-369-2180
Thursday 9/23/10
7:30 AM Exercise: Tai Chi Bryant Park, Fountain Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Dan Manjovi Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
1:00 PM Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour Central Park, Inside the Park at Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street, in front of the statue of Samuel F. B. Morse, 212-772-0210
6:00 PM Exercise: Bryant Park Yoga Bryant Park, Southwest Corner of the Lawn, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
6:30 PM Immigrant Families in One Tenement Building”Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833 Books & Poetry: Jane Ziegelman “97 Orchard Street: An Edible History of Five
7:00 PM Books & Poetry: William Gibson: “Zero History” Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th Street, 212-253-0810
Friday 9/24/10
12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Dan Manjovi Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242 Saturday 9/25/10
10:00 AM Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour Central Park, Inside the Park at Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street, in front of the statue of Samuel F. B. Morse, 212-772-0210
12:00 PM Walking Tour: Manhattan Adirondacks Tour Central Park The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, inside the Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues 212-860-1370
2:00 PM Walking Tour: “Amble Through the Ramble” Central Park: Belvedere Castle Mid-Park at 79th Street, 212-772-0210
Sunday 9/26/10
12:00 PM Walking Tour: Seneca Village Tour Central Park, Inside the Park at the southeast corner of 85th Street and Central Park West. 212-772-0210
Sunday 9/26/10 Cont’d
2:00 PM Walking Tour: West Side Stories Tour Central Park, Inside the Park on the north side of West 81st Street at Central Park West 212-772-0210
2:00 PM Movies: “The Greening of a Southie” Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833
Monday 9/27/10
12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Kuni Mikami Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
12:30 PM Books & Poetry: Jimmy Carter: “White House Diaries” Barnes & Noble 555 Fifth Ave 212 697 3048
6:30 PM Books & Poetry: Jeffrey Kroessler: “The Greater New York Sports Chronology” Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833
7:00 PM Books & Poetry: John Knowles: “A Separate Peace” Barnes & Noble 150 East 86th Street, 212-369-2180
8:00 PM Books & Poetry: Jon Stewart: “Daily Show Presents: Earth (The Book): A Visitor’s Guide to the Human Race” Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th Street, 212-253-0810
Tuesday 9/28/10
7:30 AM Exercise: Tai Chi Bryant Park, Fountain Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
10:00 AM Exercise: Yoga Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 212-768-4242
11:30 AM Nature: Meet the Birds Bryant Park, Le Carrousel, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
12:00 PM Walking Tour: The Castle and its Kingdom Tour Central Park, Belvedere Castle, mid-Park at 79th Street, 212-772-0210
12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Kuni Mikami Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
1:00PM Music: Dixieland Jazz by the Gotham Jazzman NYPL for the Performing Arts 40 Lincoln Center Plaza :Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium ( 212) 642-0142
Tuesday 9/28/10 Cont’d
2:00 PM Walking Tour: Views from the Past Tour Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-Park at 65th Street, 212-794-4064
6:30 PM Books & Poetry: Alice Sparberg Alexiou: “Flatiron: The New York Landmark and the Incomparable City that Arose With It” Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833
7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Scott Spencer: “Man in the Woods” Barnes & Noble 150 East 86th Street, 212-369-2180
7:00 PM Books & Poetry: John Prendergast: “The Enough Moment: Fighting to End Africa’s Worst Human Rights Crimes” Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th Street, 212-253-0810
Wednesday 9/29/10
12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Kuni Mikami Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
2:00 PM Walking Tour: Waterways and Vistas Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-Park at 65th Street 212-794-4064
Wednesday 9/29/10 Cont’d
6:30 PM Books & Poetry: Lisa Kahane: “Do Not Give Way to Evil: Photographs of the South Bronx Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833
Thursday 9/30/10
7:30 AM Exercise: Tai Chi Bryant Park, Fountain Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
12:00 PM Walking Tour: Manhattan Adirondacks Tour Central Park The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, inside the Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues 212-860-1370
12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Kuni Mikami Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
6:00 PM Exercise: Bryant Park Yoga Bryant Park, Southwest Corner of the Lawn, 6th Avenue & 42nd Street, 212-768-4242
6:30 PM Books & Poetry: Gerard Koeppel: “Bond of Union: Building the Erie Canal and the American Empire” Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833
7:00 PM Books & Poetry: James Gabbe: “The Universe of Union Square” Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th Street, 212-253-0810